Tagged: Jim Flaherty

Here is the irony, and perhaps the risk, in the Conservative party’s placing so much emphasis on attacking Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau: if the emerging Liberal strategy succeeds, the leadership horse race may not be the driving issue of the 2015 campaign at all.

In December 2013, Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne had a meeting with Prime Minister Stephen Harper on Parliament Hill to discuss plans to build infrastructure to allow miners to exploit the Ring of Fire mineral fields north of Thunder Bay.

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Stephen Harper and Finance Minister Joe Oliver will make a major announcement Thursday that is expected to include some of the fiscal measures for families promised in the last election campaign.

As an Ontario MPP for eight years and deputy leader of the Ontario Progressive Conservatives, it's no grand surprise that Christine Elliott has announced her intentions to replace Tim Hudak as leader of the party.

TORONTO — Christine Elliott — the widow of former federal finance minister Jim Flaherty — has called a news conference for Wednesday amid reports she'll be taking another shot at leading Ontario's Progressive Conservatives.

When MPs gathered in Ottawa back in October 2013, Jim Flaherty was still finance minister, Mike Duffy was a senator, the prime minister had a secret plan to announce a free trade deal with the European Union and he was optimistic about the Keystone pipeline.